Topic: General Hayden

NPR reported on the abrupt firing of the Librarian of Congress and the head of the U.S. Copyright Office following the release of a report on AI and fair use. The report suggests that using copyrighted works to train AI may qualify as fair use on a case-by-case basis. The hosts discuss the unreliability of AI tools like Perplexity and ChatGPT, noting they often provide incorrect information depending on how a question is phrased.

Whistleblowers Bill Binney and Thomas Drake recount that high-ranking NSA officials described the 9/11 attacks as a "gift" that would ensure unlimited congressional funding. The agency subsequently prioritized mass data collection over the targeted, encrypted analysis methods previously developed by the ThinThread team.